Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (March 28, 2017) – With just three rounds of action remaining on the World of Outlaws California Swing, Donny Schatz has extended his early lead in this year’s STIDA Winged 410 Sprint Car Power Rankings.

Racing to victory lane already nine times in 14 overall North American starts and finishing lower than second only twice, Schatz already has a commanding 143 point advantage going into Wednesday’s action at Placerville.

In his wake, David Gravel holds down the second spot after picking off the win in the recent Tulare opener while Brad Sweet has jumped three positions to third after winning Saturday’s event at Stockton.

Daryn Pittman and Tim Shaffer round out the current top five with the balance of the top ten including Shane Stewart, Jason Johnson, Rico Abreu, Kerry Madsen and Brian Brown.

Following Wednesday’s WoO card at Placerville, the balance of the weekend’s Winged 410 events include:

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A part of the recurring “The Wheatley Chronicles” series of articles on www.sprintcarmania.com, the Open Wheel Power Rankings are determined by cumulative points based on a sliding scale dependent upon car count at Sprint Car and Midget events across all sanctions and non-sanctions throughout North America.

The Open Wheel Power Rankings also include Non-Wing 410 Power Rankings, the Rod End Supply Winged 360 Power Rankings, the Beaver Stripes Non-Wing 360 Power Rankings, the www.midgetmadness.com Midget Power Rankings and 305 Power Rankings presented by Dodge City Raceway Park.

The Wheatley Chronicles brings insight and highlights from all variety of racing series throughout the nation in 2017 and beyond along with the Open Wheel Power Rankings on a regular basis. Please send any comments, questions or advertising inquiries regarding The Wheatley Chronicles at www.sprintcarmania.com to Lonnie Wheatley at lonniewheatley@gmail.com.